Wall-paper exhibitor.



PATENTED JAN. 6; 1903.

T. J. BEARD.

WALL PAPER EXHIBITOR.

APPLIUAIIOH FILED JUNE 11', 1901.

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THOMAS J. BEARD, OFQOMAHA, NEBRASKA.

WALL- APER EXHIBITOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,731, dated January 6, 1903.

Application filed June ll, 1901.

To aZZ whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. BEARD, residing at Omaha, in the; county of Douglas and State of Nebraska,'l1ave invented certain useful Improvements in Walldaper Exhibitors; and I do'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and novel wall-paper exhibitor.

The object of my invention is to provide a device arranged to be used in exhibiting wallpaper, fabrics, and the like and being .further adapted to be used as an advertising device, as will be described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown in Figure l a wall-paper exhibitor embodying my invention,disclosing afront view. Fig. 2 showsa side elevation, while Fig. 3 shows an enlarged detail, disclosing the' method of securing the exhibits.

My invention embodies, essentially, two

standards 2 2, which are supported by means of the brace-bars 3, 4:, and 5 to impart rigidity to the structure. Secured to these supports 2 are the bearings 7 7, which holdand support a shaft 6, provided with the collars a to prevent lateral displacement of the shaft. This shaft 6 has, secured to it an ordinary drum 10, preferably, of wood, upon which drum are pasted, nailed, screwed, or otherwise secured a plurality of signs or advertising-frames A, below which are secured back to back the paper or fabric exhibits B .G to be displayed.

In arranging my drum for the exhibit ofspecimens I out a number of specimens of a suitable length, and these, if desired, may, if they are wall-paper, be fabric-backed, so as to increase their life. They arethen placed back to back, as is shown at B and G, and have one end placed below an advertisingframe A, by. means of which they are secured to the exhibiting-drum 10. A suitable number of such exhibiting-frames A may be used, and in the drawings a drum is shown large ards 12.

Serial No. 64,147. (Ndmodeld enough .to accommodate sixteen advertisingframes and ninety-six wall-paper specimens,

In referring to Fig-lit will be noticed that a center strip is marked as the border, the exhibit upon one side being the wall and the opposite side the ceiling-covering, so that a purchaser has brought before him the combination of, the wall, border, and ceiling, so that the effect may be better judged.

It will be noticed that the shaft 6 has secured to it a pulley K. This pulley may be used as a hand-wheel, by means of which the drum "may be slowly revolved in order to display the samples, or this pulley K may be brought into belt coinmunicationwith certain power, so that the drum is slowly revolved. In referring to Fig. l, for instance, an advertising-frame A isshown, and below and depending from the same area number of exhibits B, while above are shown a number of exhibits G.

In the use of my apparatus I provide a dragbar 15, which is adapted to lightly work over the samples to keep them in a nice flattened condition while they slide below the drag-bar,

as is shown in Fig. 2. Now in revolving the drum the-exhibits are successively brought under the drag-bar 15, which is secured to a supporting-bar b by means of the strands 13 13. The bar b is held by means of the stand- In this condition the specimens C above the center of the drum are shown, while below the center of the drum the exhibits or specimens Bare disclosed, and between each set of exhibits or specimens I secure an advertising frame A.

In Fig. 2, for instance, above one of the frames A is shown an exhibit G and below said frame A an exhibit B. Now if the drum were revolved the paper exhibit 0 would fall down to cover the lower exhibit B to permit two sets of new exhibits to come into view, as well as a new advertising-frame. The Whole forms a neat, tasty, and striking display device, and within the advertising-frames may be displayed the prices of the goods or information disclosing the number of yards of the goods and pricemark, 850., of a certain exhibit. The device, where the same is used as a window exhibit, is nicely adapted to'display certain advertising matter held within the frames A. The whole device forms a neat and simple construction and is readily operated.

Having thus described my said invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent, is

In a Wall-paper exhibitor, the combination with the rotatable drum, the advertising strips or frames secured about said drum and arranged longitudinally thereof, the flexible double-faced exhibits or samples secured at one edge to said drum and projecting from between said advertising-strips, a dragbar located at the top of the drum and adapted to rest on the exhibits or samples, being so proportioned and arranged with relation to each other and the drum that when an advertising- THOMAS J. BEARD.

In presence of GEORGE W. SUEs, R. J. DAVENPORT. 

